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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
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Portland
Indiana
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In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.
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I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.
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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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